i have a college education. i've been successful at work. i've been working for 30 years. i'm not doing this. so when this opportunity for platform to employment came along, i joined it, and it changed my mindset. >> after the classes are over, platform to employment opens the door on its biggest innovation. it's an internship with a business that's looking to hire. tell me what that first day was like, walking through the door. >> it was nice to be a part of the workforce, having to go to work in the morning rather than get up in the morning and go look for work. >> here, the office intern isn't a college student; he's 50-something, educated and experienced. for eight weeks, frank o'neill would work at cain management, which owns fast-food restaurants. platform to employment pays o'neill's salary. what do you have to prove, and how do you think that's gonna work out? >> they told me right off the bat. "we have a job. and it's got to get done. and you need to prove yourself that you're the person who can get this job done for us." >> fair enough. >> absolutely. all we're l